Creepy Social Media Campaign In Preparation For ISIS Statement, Possibly About EgyptAir
ISIS supporters from around the world are tweeting in a perverse social media campaign to show support for an upcoming ISIS statement that might have to do with the EgyptAir plane crash:
1. Woke up this morning & found ISIS channels are touting an upcoming release by al-Furqan, one of their media arms pic.twitter.com/9cWamahP6W
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 21, 2016
Here’s more about the anticipated speech:
Al-Furqan, a propaganda arm of ISIS which releases media statements, said an announcement is “imminent”, sparking fears that the murderous group was behind the Paris to Cairo plane crash.
The jihadis dedicate a lot of their time to propaganda as they seek to wreak terror and spread messages of death to the West.
It was Al-Furqan that released a video of the beheading of American hostage James Foley and a stream of other atrocities.
Al-Furqan’s said the message will be delivered by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS chief and the world’s most wanted terrorist, and will be translated into 11 languages including English.
Al-Baghdadi is called the “caliph” of the Islamic State, and he rarely makes appearances or releases statements, so this would be a pretty big deal.
IS-media already preparing "teasers" in 6languages for speech.(Indonesian, English, French, German, Turkish, Arabic) pic.twitter.com/PmOEf8I1yU
— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) May 21, 2016
Here are the posts that ISIS followers are tweeting, seemingly as a warning that they are everywhere:
#ISIS puts so much emphasis on upcoming Furqan speech, I can't help but wonder if it's related to Egyptair #MS804 crash. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
ISIS supporter in #Germany shows his solidarity for #ISIS while walking on the streets of the city of #Münster today pic.twitter.com/uQ7beyEOao
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
These messages are written today. Both use same hashtag that ISIS promotes for last 5 hrs. Also today's date appears on paper from #Germany.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
Message of solidarity allegedly from #ISIS supporter in #Stockholm Sweden. Seems ISIS rallying its fans worldwide pic.twitter.com/yvOR9w9lim
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/734057438131945472
More messages of support for #ISIS AlFurqan media. This time from #Rome, Malaysia, Palestine & Saudi: pic.twitter.com/gtm2kNtUQ1
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
Germany is leading in messages of support for ISIS AlFurqan media. Here is another note dated today from #Cologne -> pic.twitter.com/YSWmx0f08q
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
‘The supporters of the Caliphate in #Holland,’ msg posted on #ISIS telegram channel. Written 2day judging by hashtag pic.twitter.com/MteqDoNdHw
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
More ISIS supporters in Western countries. This from #Canada & #Norway of fans waiting for speech of ISIS leadership pic.twitter.com/WRlBzwOReO
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
Another ISIS solidarity message from another European country. This time from #Belgium -> https://t.co/UB3xMITMgG
UPDATE!!
ISIS has released the audio statement, but it had no mention of the crashed plane at all:
Ten minutes into this #ISIS recorded audio message and I have heard no reference yet to EgyptAir #MS804. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
This whole #ISIS speech has no point. Summery: America is evil, Jews are terrible &anti IS Muslims are the worst. Lots of bla bla. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
Just In: Audio by #ISIS spokesperson, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani just released by al-Furqan https://t.co/xSK8ne2Wug pic.twitter.com/iXLN86Vpcw
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 21, 2016
It wasn’t even from al-Baghdadi, as was previously reported.
The speeches released by al Furqan are meant to be religious, political and literary statements archived for the future – not breaking news
— Daniele Raineri (@DanieleRaineri) May 21, 2016
It sounds like a generic ISIS statement. This would have been the perfect opportunity for them to take credit for the crash. If they didn’t do it, then who did?!
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
Here ISIS supporter in #Paris. With these proISIS msgs, group creates impression that they have worldwide network pic.twitter.com/DKZjDdeNO2
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 21, 2016
And yet, people still push for more Muslim immigration to the West.
We’ll post more information on the speech as soon as it’s released or we find more details.